That Other Use for Squeak

Ned Konz ned at bike-nomad.com
Mon Jul 3 15:27:23 UTC 2000


Mark Guzdial wrote:

> I do suggest (as in the last point, about AWK) that looking at
> specific tasks and the languages that map well to those tasks may be
> a good starting point.  Maybe what we need is a single language with
> a metaprogramming level that allows the language to be easily tuned
> to specific tasks.

It looks like that is a primary focus of the Rebol language: they
allow simple construction of "dialects" tailored for a particular task.
And it's been ported to over 30 platforms so far...
New is a visual dialect and compositor for GUI programs.
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Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
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